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HAT-FASTENING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1907.

Application filed .Tuly 5, 1906. Serial No. 324,764.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, JOHN T. SLINGERLAND, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of NewYork, have invented a new and' Improved Hat-Fastening Device, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description. I

This invention is an improved device for securely fastening a hat on thehead of a emale, and is designed to overcome the disadvantages of theordinary hat-pin by providing means which can be operated with :facilityto hold the hat on without mutilating it by constant use, and also whichcan be as readily operated to entirely disengage vthe hair when desiredto take the hat off.

With these and other objects in View, I accomplish them in oneembodiment of my invention, which consists of a metallic sweat-band forthe hat adjustable to iit hats of different size and having an annularcasing secured to its outer side in which a wire provided with asuitable handle is adapted to turn. This wire has fixed to it atsuitable places pins whose points are projected through apertures in theband in an eccentric path when the wire, by means of its handle, ismoved in one direction, and withdrawn when the handle is moved in theopposite direction.

Reference is to .be had to theaccompanying drawings forming a part oithis specication, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the'gures. A f

Figure 1 is a vertical, central section through a hat with myimprovement applied thereto, with the pins in position to engage thehair; Fig. 2 is a transverse, sectional, view of the sweat band on theline 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a sector of the bandsectioned on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a fragmentary, sectionalview of the band on the line 4 4 oi Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a modied formoi band.

The numeral 1 indicates a sweat band for a hat preferably made oi sheetmetal, and having a forked end 2 providing a bifurcation 3 in which theopposite end 4 of the band telescopes, thereby effecting means by whichthe diameter of the band may be adjusted to suit hats oi varying sizes.To the outside of the band,

Isubstantially at its center, is secured an annular casing 5 passingentirely around the band exceptat the point of its adjustment. Inthiscasing is slidablylmunted a Wire 6, which has fixed to it at somesuitablepointa depending handle 7, preferably slightly offset rearwardlyas shown in Fig. 4, to keep out of range ofthe head. A series ofiiexible pins 8, substantially equally spaced apart and arrangedparallel to the wire 6, are rigidly secured to it by downwardly-turnedends 9, as shown in Fig. 3, said pins passing through apertures lOarranged i about the sweat band. Itl is thus seen by this constructionthat on moving the'handle 7 in one direction,

the wire 6 will force the pins through the band in an ec-- centric path,as illustrated in dotted outline in Fig, 2,

thereby engaging the hair at all sides and preventing' the hats removal.On retracting the handle 7 the reverse operation takes place, permittingthe hatto be taken off. The under portion oi' the casing 5 adjacent tothe handle 7 is cut away as shown in Fig. 4, the ends of said cut-awayportion affording stops for the handle,

.limiting it in its reciprocatory movement.

For securing the band in the hat, a series of alining holes ll areformed at each edge through which threads may be passed in sewing theband in place to the hat, as also the hat lining which is drawn over theband as shown in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 5 a modified iorm of band is disclosed, differing only in thatthe holes ll are dispensed with and metal clamping members I2 fixed tothe outsideof the band are substituted therefor.

Although I havel described the preferred embodi- Ament of myimprovement, it is to be understood that the scope of the invention islimited by the annexed claims only. v

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. The combination of a sweat-band for a hat having a forked end withthe opposite end thereof slidable in the fork, adapting the band to'beadjusted, said band having apertures therein, a casing carried on theexterior of said band formed as an integral part thereof, a wireslidable in the casing, and a series of pins rigidly attached to thewire and adapted to be projected through the apertures in the band, forthe purpose described.

2. The combination of a sweat-band for a hat having apertures therein,means for adjusting the band to fit hats of different sizes, a casingsecured to the exterior of said band and forming; a part thereof, aseries of pins in the casing, and means for operating said pins toproject them through the apertures- In testimony whereof I have signedmy name to this specification in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

JOIIN T. SLINGERIJANI).

Witnesses:

W. W. Hour, JNO. M. RITTER.

